Winter Camp heels fun activities for SAMIS studs

by Elaf Adnan Almalki

With the theme, ‘Honing the Best in Me’, Shorouq Al Mamlakah International School (SAMIS) put on its first-ever ‘Winter Camp 2021’ which was held from November 27 to December 2, 2021 at SAMIS Girls Campus. The camp was attended by 137 students from NKP to middle school and spearheaded by Ms. Marcelina Mendoza and Ms. Athena Aragon, the camp supervisors.

The camp livened up its Kick Off Ceremony on the first day with its Camp Wall Hand Painting. All the right hands of the campers, the camp leaders with all the SAMIS personnel were painted on the wall as symbol of their commitment on the success of the first-ever camp in SAMIS.

SAMIS Winter Camp offered exciting sports, educational, and arts activities. It aimed to provide our students with new real-life experiences which reinforced their values and skills such as, teamwork, self-confidence, creative thinking, fitness-related skills in a short period of time. The six-day camp offered programs which included the sports and other optional courses that honed the campers’ skills and talents.

“In SAMIS, our ultimate goal is to promote the holistic development of our students making them competent and confident members of the society. To achieve such goal, we are committed to provide them quality activities inside and outside the classroom which will challenge them ‘to hone the best in them and making them the best that they can be’ even amid pandemic.” said Ms. Marcelina Mendoza, one of the camp supervisors.

The campers were divided into four teams, namely Red Team (Painting), Blue Team (Performing Arts), Green Team (Scouting), and Yellow Team (Mind Games). Campers attended a six -day indoor and outdoor activities.

A culminating activity concluded the camp on its day six which was held in the Boys Section.

Career Guidance Workshop prepares... from page 1

Taking Action.

First stage is the Selfexploration or knowing who you are. This involves the discovery of one’s interests, personality traits, skills, strengths and lifestyle work values. Since too many options often lead to confusion, it’s essential to narrow down the list by establishing priorities and estimating abilities.

Exploration comes after Selfexploration , as it is identified in the second stage. This phase took place last March, 2022 which comprised the Informational Interviews Workshops and Conferences, Job Search Resources, Internships and Volunteering.

The last stage is ‘’Taking action’’ which encompasses Decision-making Job Search, Resume Preparations, Networking and Interviewing.

Students also took several tests where they were requested to answer set of questions that determined their perspectives and course of actions in specific situations.

The workshop examined the 16 career clusters and defined their working nature and the challenges encountered while working. This activity aimed to strengthen students’ sense of identity by examining their social emotional skills reflected on the results of the provided standardized, reliable tests. Students will become more aware of who they really are and where their talents are best served. This predicted their job performance and how well they fit in workplace.

Discussants similarly talked about 14 life values given by psychologist. Values are individual’s morals, beliefs and philosophical ideas that prompt actions and attitudes. They also guide decisions and behavior; whereas, personality is the set of characteristics, cognitions, thinking, behavioral and emotional patterns that determines a human interactions with surroundings.

Campers showcased the talents they acquired from the camp. The Red Team bagged the First Place in the camp’s yell competition while the Blue Team got the 2nd Place, Yellow Team got the 3rd Place, and Green Team made it on the 4th Place.

The camp would not become a reality without the SAMIS dynamic workforce, its teaching and nonteaching personnel together with the full support of the management. Their unwavering dedication, talents, creativity, hard work and unvaluable contribution as a whole made the camp a big success.

“In SAMIS, our unity makes the success a reality.” Ms. Ala Alharti, SAMIS Event Supervisor said. “We are looking forward to provide you more fun-filled activities like SAMIS Camp 2021”, she added.

Parents also expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the school for providing their children an educational and fun-filled recreational event like the Winter Camp 2021.

“Valid reliable tests are not meant to please you instead they’re meant to guide you’’ Sir Kit explained.

Personality test (MBTI) and Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising and Conventional (RIASEC) test were the last tests students took on the seminar.

The Career and Counseling Guidance Workshop were participated by various students. Amongst these students are artist who is creative and imaginative; an athlete whose physical abilities are potent; a musician who’s passionate and sensitive; an entrepreneur who is confident and there’s many more. Therefore, it’s necessary to classify students according to their interests and potentials to produce a successful generation in the future.